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Yeshua O’Brien-Bayer raises €1,215 for Irish Guide Dogs with Carrauntoohil climb A KILLAlOE teenager has completed a “nerve wracking” charity challenge by climbing Ireland’s highest mountain blindfolded. Not content with going up and down Carrauntoohil eight times in seven days in August 2020, Yeshuah O’Brien-Bayer (15) climbed to the top without the benefit of his eyes on Saturday. Standing at 1,039m, Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in Ireland and is set among the Macgillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry. On Friday morning, Yeshuah left for Carrauntohil with a support group to prepare for the climb, which started at 8.35am from Cronin’s Yard the following day. They included his father, Hergen Bayer, uncle Emmanuel Bayer, Dominik Maslanek, Shane Oakley, Scott Chatterson and Camden Chatterson. To add to the sense of occasion, John Cronin from Cronin’s Yard put the blindfold on Yeshuah. It took Yeshuah four hours and twenty minutes to reach the top of the mountain blindfolded, compared to his usual time …
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